Post by imperfectgolfer on Aug 20, 2012 20:37:07 GMT -5
Here is a Jeffy forum thread.
jeffygolf.com/showthread.php?431-Arms-in-the-backswing
The poster stated-: "I've been working really hard all year TRYING to improve my backswing plane in order to easily shallow my approach in the downswing."
What would he need to do differently in his backswing in order to shallow his downswing approach?
Jeffy doesn't offer advice, but he did state the following-: "I'm not so sure what may appear as a "simple repeatable action" (short, flat, "on-plane") is at all superior to a backswing that sets up stretch-shorten cycles for the downswing (long, upright, across-the-line)."
I have seen Jeffy adopt many irrational ideas over the years, but stating that the purpose of the backswing is to setup "stretch-shorten" cycles for the downswing in one of his most irrational ideas.
Justin stated-: "Not sure why you would want a flat backswing when elite swingers like Jamie Sadlowski and Bubba Watson go upright."
He has swallowed some Koolaid that makes him believe that an elite golfer must have a more upright backswing action (like Bubba) rather than a flatter backswing action (like Hogan).
Lefthook stated-: "What you really do here would be much easier to see in a face on video, but there are clear signs that you start to rotate the hips quite substantially without shifting weight over to the left foot first during transition. And perhaps you're - at least partly - pivoting around the right leg & hip. This causes the right hip to shoot forward too early and force you to do premature internal rotation with your right upper arm/shoulder. That leads to steepening and OTT-ish move."
Where is the "evidence" that the poster is pivoting around his right hip and is coming OTT with a too-steepish downswing move.
Lifter wrote-: "Anyway, my little thought is that you might benefit if you externally rotated the right shoulder and/or lateral bent more during transition. That might result in a rapid shallowing of the shaft early in the downswing that all the pros seem to have."
He obviously doesn't understand golf biomechanics when he states that a golfer should start to adopt lateral bend at the start of the transition. I think that lateral bend occurs later in the downswing - after one has initiated the downswing with an optimized pelvic motion.
Jeff.
jeffygolf.com/showthread.php?431-Arms-in-the-backswing
The poster stated-: "I've been working really hard all year TRYING to improve my backswing plane in order to easily shallow my approach in the downswing."
What would he need to do differently in his backswing in order to shallow his downswing approach?
Jeffy doesn't offer advice, but he did state the following-: "I'm not so sure what may appear as a "simple repeatable action" (short, flat, "on-plane") is at all superior to a backswing that sets up stretch-shorten cycles for the downswing (long, upright, across-the-line)."
I have seen Jeffy adopt many irrational ideas over the years, but stating that the purpose of the backswing is to setup "stretch-shorten" cycles for the downswing in one of his most irrational ideas.
Justin stated-: "Not sure why you would want a flat backswing when elite swingers like Jamie Sadlowski and Bubba Watson go upright."
He has swallowed some Koolaid that makes him believe that an elite golfer must have a more upright backswing action (like Bubba) rather than a flatter backswing action (like Hogan).
Lefthook stated-: "What you really do here would be much easier to see in a face on video, but there are clear signs that you start to rotate the hips quite substantially without shifting weight over to the left foot first during transition. And perhaps you're - at least partly - pivoting around the right leg & hip. This causes the right hip to shoot forward too early and force you to do premature internal rotation with your right upper arm/shoulder. That leads to steepening and OTT-ish move."
Where is the "evidence" that the poster is pivoting around his right hip and is coming OTT with a too-steepish downswing move.
Lifter wrote-: "Anyway, my little thought is that you might benefit if you externally rotated the right shoulder and/or lateral bent more during transition. That might result in a rapid shallowing of the shaft early in the downswing that all the pros seem to have."
He obviously doesn't understand golf biomechanics when he states that a golfer should start to adopt lateral bend at the start of the transition. I think that lateral bend occurs later in the downswing - after one has initiated the downswing with an optimized pelvic motion.
Jeff.